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OpenSource with Market Ready Enclosure
Miscellaneous
SC833F wireless sensor and SC833AF beacon support
Bluetooth 5.2, Thread, or Zigbee radio protocols. They are
in market ready enclosure and pre-certified. OpenSource
codes are available to expedite your firmware development.
• Supports BLE 5.1 directional finding
• Supports BLE 5.2, 802.15.4 radio protocols
• Supports BLE 5.0 long range or CODED-PHY.
• BC833F with AMS ENS 210 temperature and humidity
sensor, and ST Micro LIS3DH 3-axis motion sensor.
• Preloaded with iBeacon and Eddystone
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Sensor size: 60x60x22 mm.
Includes a wall mount bracket.
Development Kit
A Development Kit (DK) includes a 10-pin J-Link
connector and cable. Loading program into a DK is
much easier. We recommend using DKs for small
volume deployment.
Nordic nRF52 Development Environment
SE832AF-210 BLE 5 Sensor
Nordic nRF52 development environment is used to develop
BT832AF, BT840F/X codes. Open source codes are
available
http://www.fanstel.com/download-opensource/
SE832AF integrates BT832AF Bluetooth 5 module with
AMS ENS210 temperature and humidity sensor. It is a low
power, low cost, long range sensor.m
Wireless Sensor Summaries
SC833F
SC833AF
BLE module
BM833F
BM833AF
Radio protocols
Bluetooth, Thread, Zigbee
Bluetooth, Thread, Zigbee
Power supply
CR2032, not included
CR2032, not included
Temperature, humidity sensor
AMS ENS 210
None
Motion sensor
ST Micro LIS3DH
None
QDID
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Table Of Contents
1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................................3
2. Hardware Description ........................................................................................................................................4
SC833AF ...........................................................................................................................................................4
SC833F .............................................................................................................................................................4
3. Firmware Development and Testing ..................................................................................................................5
Preloaded Firmware ..........................................................................................................................................5
Set up for Programming DK-SE840F ...............................................................................................................8
Set up for Programming SE840F Sensor ..........................................................................................................8
Nordic Development Environment .....................................................................................................................9
Revision History ..................................................................................................................................................10
Contact Us ...........................................................................................................................................................11
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1. Introduction
SE840F Series wireless sensors Fanstel long range wireless module BT840F, BT840X, or BT832AF and an AMS
ENS210 temperature and humidity sensors. All products are referred as SE840F Series in this user’s manual.
SE840F integrates BT840F (nRF52840) module with 2300 meter range at 125 Kbps. SE840X integrates BT840X
(nRF52840 + SKY66112 PA) with >4500 meter range at 125 Kbps.
SE832AF uses long range lost cost module, BT832AF. It supports Bluetooth 5 radio protocol but not Thread or
Zigbee.
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2. Hardware Description
The same host board design is used for all wireless sensors and development kits. Additional connector is
installed. 10-pin J-Link cable is included for connection to a Nordic development Kit.
You can load codes into SE840F by using a Tag Connect cable.
You can download DK-SE840F development kit schematics from this webpage.
https://www.fanstel.com/download-opensource
SE840F, SE840X, and SE832AF use the same enclosure and host PCB. The only difference is Bluetooth 5 module
installed. Sensor can be desk mounted. A wall mount bracket in included for wall mounting.
Additional external hardwire features:
• A battery compartment for 2 AAA batteries.
• Two user definable LED indicators, red and blue.
• A micro USB connector for powering sensor
• A push button for OTA DFU.
Size of gateway is 60x60x22mm.
SC833AF
SC833AF contains an nRF52811 BLE 5.1 module BT833AF with an integrated high
performance PCB antenna. It is powered by a CR2032 battery (not included).
SC833F
SC833F contains an nRF52833 BLE 5.1, Thread, Zigbee module BM833F and an
AMS ENS210 temperature and humidity sensor, a ST Micro LIS3DH 3-axis motion
sensor. It is powered by a CR2032 battery (not included).
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3. Firmware Development and Testing
Preloaded Firmware
SE840F-210 included temperature and humidity sensor ENS210. The device is preloaded with ENS210 driver.
After powering up, the device advertises name “Bsensor”.
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Use nRF Connect APP with the device.
The APP will receive sensor data every 5 seconds in HEX format.
The following screenshot shows temperature is 24 degrees(byte 12, 0X18 = 24) and humidity is 60 (byte 14,
0X3C = 60).
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SE840F-210 supports thermistor thermometer. Thermistor data are not sent out via the BLE.
User can check the data by RTT viewer.
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When the sensor connected the Fanstel gateway BLG840F or BWG832F, BWG840F.
The gateway will upload the raw data to Fanstel MQTT server.
You can use your Android phone to check the data.
Please download the gateway user guide if you need the detail of sequences for setup gateway.
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Set up for Programming DK-SE840F
10-pin J-Link connector is installed. 10-conductor J-Link cable I included. DK-SE840F can be connected to an
nRF52840DK easily for programming.
Set up for Programming SE840F Sensor
To program BT840F/X module, connect Debug out of PCA10056 (nRF52840DK) to JS3 (Debug in) of DKSE840F by a Tag Connect cable TC2050-IDC-NL-050-ALL.
You need to insert 2 AAA batteries into the battery compartment and make sure that sensor PCBA is not
separated from bottom enclosure.
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Nordic Development Environment
Nordic Semiconductor provides a complete range of hardware and software development tools for the nRF52
Series devices. nRF52 DK board is recommended for firmware development. Document and Software
development tools can be downloaded by the following links.
Get start with Nordic chip and all online documents.
http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=/com.nordic.infocenter.nrf52/dita/nrf52/
development/nrf52_dev_kit.html&cp=1_1
Nordic SDK with many example projects.
https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF5_SDK/
Nordic development zone. You can search or ask a quesGon there.
https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/tutorials/b/getting-started/posts/development-with-gcc-andeclipse
Programming the Nordic chip
Download and install Nrf5x-Command-Line Tools
https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/nordic/Products/nRF52840/nRF5x-Command-Line-ToolsWin32/58850
Download and install nRF Connect
https://www.nordicsemi.com/?sc_itemid={B935528E-8BFA-42D9-8BB5-83E2A5E1FF5C}
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Revision History
• Aug 2020, Ver. 0.50: Initial draft release
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Contact Us
United States:
Fanstel Corp.
7466 E. Monte Cristo Ave. Scottsdale AZ 85260
Tel. 1 480-948-4928
Fax. 1-480-948-5459
Email: info@fanstel.com
Website: www.fanstel.com
Taiwan:
Fanstel Corp.
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Xizhu, New Taipei City, Taiwan 22101
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Tel. 886-2-2698-9328
Fax. 886-2-2698-4813
Email: info@fanstel.com
Website: www.fanstel.com
China:
Fanstel Technologies Corp.
11 Jiale Street
Ping-Dih, Long-Gang, Shen Zhen, GD 518117
泛世康科技(深圳)有限公司
廣東省深圳市龍崗區坪地鎮佳樂街11號
Tel. 86-755-8409-0928
Fax. 86-755-8409-0973
QQ. 3076221086
Email: info@fanstel.com
Website: www.fanstel.com
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